[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-28 Thread Tom Reynolds
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1829620 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829620 Thanks for testing, Jackneill. To explain, the "dis_ucode_ldr" option disables loading of microcode updates by Linux. Microcode updates are are binary blobs (no source code is available) which modify

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-28 Thread TJ
This looks to be related to LP: #829620 "intel-microcode on ASUS makes kernel stuck during loading initramfs on bionic-updates, bionic- security" which until now we thought only affected particular models. Intel are aware, and this issue is being tracked in that bug. -- You received this bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-28 Thread Tom Reynolds
Possible duplicate of bug #1829620. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829402 Title: Purple screen hangup during boot Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-28 Thread Kai-Heng Feng
Possible dupe of LP: #1829402. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829402 Title: Purple screen hangup during boot Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-28 Thread Jackneill
I should add that i edited nothing else, for example GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="text".. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829402 Title: Purple screen hangup during boot

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-28 Thread Jackneill
1. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="mds=off" Same hang. 2. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="mitigations=off" Same hang. 2. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="dis_ucode_ldr" Seems to be fine. Done multiple reboots, cold boots, but never hang. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Tom Reynolds
Please consider testing this: 1. Add this to /etc/default/grub : GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="text" 2. Add this to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT option in /etc/default/grub : earlyprintk=efi,keep 3. Run: sudo update-grub 4. Try all of the following combinations of kernel boot parameters by editing

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Jackneill
But it's also possible it hangs with absolutely no text on screen, event with that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829402 Title: Purple screen hangup during boot

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Jackneill
Adding "earlyprintk=efi,keep" to the command line only gives me 1 line: 'Memory KASLR using RDRAND RDTSC...' If its quite low res, only this line, if i also get 'error: can't find command `hwmatch` then its a bit more high-res. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Jackneill
But as i said previously, despite this, sometimes i can boot, sometimes not. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829402 Title: Purple screen hangup during boot Status in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Jackneill
And indeed, i have no such mod under /boot: attached hierarchy. ** Attachment added: "boot_tree.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1829402/+attachment/5266957/+files/boot_tree.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Jackneill
Filesystem setup: $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 9,7G 0 9,7G 0% /dev tmpfs2,0G 1,8M 2,0G 1% /run /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root 232G 7,7G 213G 4% / tmpfs9,8G 64M

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Jackneill
Having done https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/699802/comments/101, now i only get 'error: can't find command `hwmatch`. ** Attachment added: "grub.cfg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1829402/+attachment/5266955/+files/grub.cfg -- You received this

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-17 Thread Tom Reynolds
Also, before you do the testing, please attach your current /boot/grub/grub.cfg /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grub.cfg files to this bug report. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-17 Thread Tom Reynolds
Possibly related to bug 699802. See comments 24 and 101 for potential workarounds. If you'll test these, please test them thoroughly, doing multiple warm and cold boots with each changed setting, since successful boots are currently non-deterministic. -- You received this bug notification

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-17 Thread TJ
15:38 TJ-, for a brief moment i saw 2-3 lines of text, first line is "error: no video mode activated" 15:38 was unable to see more. 15:38 but this is a successful boot no purple screen this time 15:38 Jackneill: so, GRUB_TERMINAL=console was successfully booted to desktop? 15:39 TJ-, yes,

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-17 Thread Jackneill
>3. has 'GRUB_TERMINAL=console' in /etc/default/grub been tried (edit file to include that string without a leading # [comment prefix] then "sudo update-grub" and reboot to test) When I have a successful boot 2 error lines appear for a brief moment then everything proceeds. When I get the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-17 Thread Jackneill
Attachment: boot_m1.txt ** Attachment added: "boot_m1.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1829402/+attachment/5264528/+files/boot_m1.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-17 Thread Jackneill
>2. Can 'journalctl --list-boots' be used to identify logs of a *failed* boot and use 'journalctl -b X' to grab the log file of the failed boot? No. As inferred from the above comment. (Sorry i have mistakenly wrote 'yes'. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-17 Thread Jackneill
>1. Does the problem occur if the system is completely powered off between reboots (as opposed to what >is called a 'warm' reboot) ? Yes. >2. Can 'journalctl --list-boots' be used to identify logs of a *failed* boot >and use 'journalctl -b X' to grab the log file of the failed boot? Yes.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-17 Thread TJ
Can we collect more information about the circumstances in which this happens, since these can often be crucial in narrowing down the possibilities and identifying a solution? 1. Does the problem occur if the system is completely powered off between reboots (as opposed to what is called a 'warm'

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-16 Thread Jackneill
I should probably add that i installed guix (the distro) for a brief moment, and it rebooted correctly. Everything with guix was successful, altough as I remember it was not more than 1-2 reboots, and maybe a power off, and start. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-16 Thread Jackneill
Pressing ESC or F1 does nothing in the hanging purple screen. (I now got the error again.) Editing the grub "ubuntu" menu entry to ro nomodeset did nothing, altough doing the same for a recovery entry did the job of getting to boot properly. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-16 Thread Tom Reynolds
Thanks for filing this bug report, Jack. I'm one of the IRC support volunteers who tried to help here, but I'm mostly out of ideas. As suggested on IRC, trying a mainline kernel may be a good idea (only if you can still reproduce the issue). I should mention that a "USB-C Triple-4K Dock"

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-16 Thread Jackneill
The laptop is brand new. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829402 Title: Purple screen hangup during boot Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1829402] Re: Purple screen hangup during boot

2019-05-16 Thread Jackneill
I should add that it was/seemed quite non-deterministic. kernel args (only nomodeset) which seemed to work sometimes did not. To edit kernel args, i went to bios to escape so as to get grub. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed